Earlier this month, my fellow b5media bloggers at Tree Hugging Family talked about organic and green lunch bag/box options. They gave readers some great options here and here, but if you’re not in school anymore, you might want a more sophisticated option than what they showed, which are mostly for kids(although I was totally a […]
Business around the world are going green, and these decisions aren’t just being made by large corporations. You may not be able to change the world by yourself as a small business owner, but if we all work together, we can make just as big of a different at larger corporations.
In honor of the small […]
Right now, I’m in the middle of my Green to Save Green series, which you can see at this post. On one of the tips, a reader here at Greener Assets left an interesting comment. The tip in question:
Tip #26: Add a green message to your email. I like something like “Save a tree - […]
With the 2008 Olympics drawing nearer, China is in a frenzy to show the world that they’re clean and green. But check out this picture, snapped this morning in Tiananment Square:
That’s not misty rain or morning fog, my friends. That’s smog you’re seeing, for the most part (although it looks like it might be […]
I just had a real “well duh” moment. In fact, I think a lot of the world just has a “well duh” moment.
UK food retailer Sainsbury’s has won the European Retail Solutions Best Green IT Initiative Award 2008 for using simultaneous two-sided thermal receipt printers from NCR Corporation in its store checkouts. Read […]
If you live in the UK, shopping online just got a little sweeter. Tesco, Marks & Spender, Books, the Body Shop, and over 900 over retailers are offering a green rewards cards to shoppers to give them a little budget break as a “thank you” for buying their products.
Green Rewards is a new program […]
Today, my sister, a friend, and played hookie from work and went to a local water park. While we were there, standing in a glorious tidal wave of spraying water, my friend noted, “I wonder how big their water bill is every month.”
Its a good question indeed. Water parks might be fun, but with all […]
I work from home, so its rare that I get all dressed up in the morning. I don’t use a ton of make-up, even when I do have a meeting or social event. However, I realize that there are tons of women out there who do put on a face every morning. While the greenest […]
GreenBiz.com has a great article up today about “green fatigue” - basically the concept that “green” has become a buzzword in this day and age. It is hard for the consumer to identify greenwashing vs. legitimate green advances. This site gave five tips about avoiding green fatigue with you consumers:
Make sure your environmental progress is […]
I’m lucky in that when I started my business, I decided to do so myself. While it can be a burden sometimes, it also means that I get to make every decision. What I say goes. I’m the boss. You don’t like it? There’s the door.
Most businesses out there have more than one owner, […]
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